THEATERWhile I Was Waiting, a play by Mohammad Al Attar, directed by Omar Abusaada, is about a member of a Damascus family beaten into a coma at a checkpoint and how a world gone mad is deeply personal. Life imitating art: members of the production were nearly prohibited from participating due to the travel ban. The show goes on, July 19-22, performed as part of the Lincoln Center Festival at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. [Photo: Didier Nadeau]